Château Bonalgue

This Pomerol Chateau, owned by the Bourotte family since 1926, is an estate we followed many years ago. And now it has made a return to the Justerini & Brooks portfolio. Michel Rolland consults and although the wines are not overtly ‘Rollandesque’, they have a silkiness and plushness that one would associate with one of the right bank’s top oenologists. Respect for the soils and the environment is of paramount importance. In fact they have even engaged in a global environmental strategy. Their soils are mainly gravel over sand and clay. Robert Parker describes ‘this over-achieving estate is one of the most consistent performers in Pomerol. Always a well-made, fleshy, succulent, hedonistic wine’.

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Tax Status Explained

IB stands for In Bond. Wines that are stored In Bond have not had UK Duty and VAT paid on them.

Most of our wines are available for purchase under bond, as fine wines often need to be laid down in order to allow them to mature. Many clients choose therefore to store them in our bonded warehouse and pay the tax as and when they wish to get the wines delivered. Please note that Wines purchased In Bond can be exported to non-EU countries without the need for Duty and VAT to be paid.

DP stands for duty paid. If you wish to get wines delivered for drinking, the duty and VAT will need to be paid as it leaves its bonded state in the warehouse. The wine is then said to be duty paid.

All taxes must be paid in order for us to be authorised to ship or deliver wine (unless the wine is bonded and being moved to another bonded warehouse or being shipped directly outside of the EU.)

EP stands for En Primeur. These wines are currently held with the Estate and Domaine’s we work with and will be shipped in due course.